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Les Habitants Prospects Thread

Dogs lost yesterday in a shoot out. Not a great game for Desjardins.

Pacs and Maxwell seemed to click together.

Hamilton Bulldogs 4 At Lake Erie Monsters 5 (SO) - Status: Final SO
Feb 12, 2010 - Quicken Loans Arena

Hamilton 1 2 1 0 - 4
Lake Erie 1 3 0 0 - 5

1st Period-1, Lake Erie, Dupuis 11 (Fahey, Ford), 4:14. 2, Hamilton, Trotter 26 (Benoit, Maxwell), 19:47 (pp). Penalties-Benoit Ham (hooking), 2:09; Gawryletz Le (boarding), 6:41; Ford Le (holding), 14:38; O'Neill Le (hooking), 19:24.

2nd Period-3, Lake Erie, Willsie 15 (Rowe, Preissing), 3:41 (pp). 4, Hamilton, Maxwell 12 (Pacioretty), 4:49. 5, Hamilton, Belle 2 (Maxwell, Pacioretty), 5:16. 6, Lake Erie, Willsie 16 (Rowe, Hensick), 9:33. 7, Lake Erie, Hensick 14 (Willsie, Rowe), 12:17. Penalties-Conboy Ham (hooking), 2:55; Stewart Ham (roughing), 16:40; Hensick Le (roughing, roughing), 16:40.

3rd Period-8, Hamilton, Russell 11 (Benoit, Trotter), 6:58 (pp). Penalties-Skinner Le (interference), 6:31; Stewart Ham (charging), 11:08; Glumac Ham (roughing), 20:00.

OT Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Conboy Ham (tripping), 4:53.

Shootout - Hamilton 1 (Trotter G, Belle NG, Maxwell NG, Masse NG, Pacioretty NG), Lake Erie 2 (Hensick G, Zanoski NG, Willsie NG, Ford NG, Bradford G).
Shots on Goal-Hamilton 16-11-10-1-0-38. Lake Erie 7-9-9-0-1-26.
Power Play Opportunities-Hamilton 2 of 5; Lake Erie 1 of 5.
Goalies-Hamilton, Desjardins 20-6-2 (15 shots-11 saves); Sanford 14-9-3 (10 shots-10 saves). Lake Erie, Weiman 20-14-3 (38 shots-34 saves).
A-7,576
 
From the Bulldogs play by play guys' Twitter:

The team bus breaking down before the game was a bad omen! On our way back home (should be home at 4 am) for a game vs. the Heat tomorrow.
 
I guess the farm team took a cue from the parent team and also decided to take the weekend off.

Abbotsford Heat 2 At Hamilton Bulldogs 1 - Status: Unofficial Final
Feb 13, 2010 - Copps Coliseum

Abbotsford 1 0 1 - 2
Hamilton 1 0 0 - 1

1st Period-1, Hamilton, Belle 3 (Benoit, Russell), 2:59. 2, Abbotsford, Cunning 11 (Jaffray, Latendresse), 7:53 (pp). Penalties-Neilson Ham (delay of game), 7:39; Van der Gulik Abb (interference), 9:40.

2nd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Anderson Ham (interference), 4:42; Smolenak Abb (hooking), 7:40; Meyers Abb (interference), 13:15; Wyman Ham (interference), 14:15.

3rd Period-3, Abbotsford, Watt 7 (Seabrook, Kronwall), 7:25. Penalties-Trotter Ham (hooking), 11:33; Latendresse Abb (hooking), 13:43; Kronwall Abb (hooking), 18:50.

Shots on Goal-Abbotsford 5-9-10-24. Hamilton 7-9-5-21.
Power Play Opportunities-Abbotsford 1 of 4; Hamilton 0 of 5.
Goalies-Abbotsford, Shantz 4-5-1 (21 shots-20 saves). Hamilton, Sanford 14-9-3 (24 shots-22 saves).
A-5,643
 
hairnova said:
That's one guy.

That'd be like saying "guess that doesn't say much about Gionta" after tonight's Habs game.
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You would think he would pick up the team a bit considering he is a first round pick playing amongst scrubs. He has what...one goal since going back? Yuk.
 
Well, he is a plus 6 in eight games and 4 points, so I guess he is not sucking, but I wish he produced more offensively.
 
I didn't watch either of the weekend games, but statistics in the AHL aren't the most important thing. If his overall play is improving, then great.

The league leaders in goals & points, for the most part, are career AHLers.

http://theahl.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=top_scorers

Desharnais won't ever be a regular every-day NHLer, neither will Trotter unless he becomes faster. So I don't put much into getting productivity in terms of points. Would it be better if he did score? Yes, but it's not the most important thing.
 
GGpX said:
I didn't watch either of the weekend games, but statistics in the AHL aren't the most important thing. If his overall play is improving, then great.

The league leaders in goals & points, for the most part, are career AHLers.

http://theahl.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=top_scorers

Desharnais won't ever be a regular every-day NHLer, neither will Trotter unless he becomes faster. So I don't put much into getting productivity in terms of points. Would it be better if he did score? Yes, but it's not the most important thing.
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The problem is the big team needs more offense from the bottom two lines, so we need him to create more scoring opportunities.
 
I laughed so hard a few days ago when some guy, who's been watching since the 70's so he must know what he's talking about, said MaxPac is as much as a bust as Jason Ward by comparing the NHL production from MaxPac's second professional season to Jason Ward's 5th professional season. They're not even remotely close to playing styles. Jason Ward is a "scorer" who couldn't score and couldn't skate. MaxPac is a third line energy type player who isn't going to score much, assuming he develops properly, maybe 15 goals a year.

The problem with MaxPac is the same problem with Price last year, D'Agostini last year and O'Byrne from two seasons ago... Once they started to struggle in the NHL, we kept them here to continue struggling instead of sending them back to the AHL to get their confidence back so that they could contribute. And now we're paying the price for three of the four. Price is inconsistant, D'Ago is lost, MaxPac has been useless, but at least O'Byrne is starting to look like an everyday NHLer even though he's still having some troubles.
 
Dogs got schooled tonight. Outshot 37-17. Craig Ludwig's son scored for the Stars.


Texas Stars 5 At Hamilton Bulldogs 0 - Status: Unofficial Final
Feb 16, 2010 - Copps Coliseum

Texas 1 4 0 - 5
Hamilton 0 0 0 - 0

1st Period-1, Texas, Peters 14 (Sawada, Sceviour), 14:42 (pp). Penalties-Tousignant Tex (interference), 4:54; Anderson Ham (double minor - high-sticking), 4:54; St. Denis Ham (holding), 14:24; Lindgren Tex (cross-checking), 16:31.

2nd Period-2, Texas, Hutchinson 5 (Beaudoin, Stafford), 5:59. 3, Texas, Gagnon 12 (Wathier, Hutchinson), 7:17 (pp). 4, Texas, Ludwig 3 (Peters, Sawada), 11:08. 5, Texas, Beaudoin 13 (Lindgren, Hutchinson), 18:21 (pp). Penalties-Gazdic Tex (fighting), 0:31; Neilson Ham (fighting), 0:31; Peters Tex (interference), 4:17; Subban Ham (roughing), 5:20; Gazdic Tex (roughing), 17:52; Henry Ham (roughing), 17:52; White Ham (major - boarding), 17:52.

3rd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Gagnon Tex (tripping), 0:30; Stewart Ham (hooking), 3:01; Sceviour Tex (hooking), 8:00; Tousignant Tex (holding), 8:00; Subban Ham (diving, unsportsmanlike conduct), 8:00; Ludwig Tex (hooking), 13:52; Stewart Ham (roughing), 17:13.

Shots on Goal-Texas 9-15-13-37. Hamilton 6-4-7-17.
Power Play Opportunities-Texas 3 of 8; Hamilton 0 of 3.
Goalies-Texas, Bachman 1-1-0 (17 shots-17 saves). Hamilton, Desjardins 20-6-2 (20 shots-17 saves); Sanford 14-10-3 (17 shots-15 saves).
 
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